Help With a Bricked Router

sprint27c · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

I knew I shouldn't have but I did it anyway.

I had the OpenWRT firmware working well. Then I thought I'd get creative, then I got impatient. During a retro install of the original Linksys firmware (from OpenWRT) I thought it was complete and restarted (unplugged) the router...only to find that the firmware had indeed NOT fully installed.

So now I have a non-responsive router with the power light blinking.

Can anyone guide me through some shock therapy to get this thing going again. Or am I going to have to barf up $250 more for another router. Mad

TIA,
STC

Michael · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:05 am Post subject:

One of our techs was working on a tech note / process to unbrick the LinkSys WRT54G3G-ST routers. I am not sure if it is completed.

You can email support at 3Gstore.com for more info.
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Rangerw · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Troubleshooting#head-ea8da2ae4781dee2abc4e642a2410735c155b71a

May help you, can't say since I haven't bricked mine YET. LOL, I will with all the experimenting enting I do with the firmware.
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Pontiaccer · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

RangerW's link is the same link I used to fix mine. I had to use the TFTP process and just be patient.

Interesting I was doing the same thing by mucking around with OpenWRT and blew it up. The supposed failsafe mode in RC .9 didn't seem to help save me.

sprint27c · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

FANTASTIC! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The TFTP instructions via linux worked great.

FWIW, I had all but given up on this router after trying NUMEROUS times to use TFTP previously on windows. I had real doubts about it working this time - but whadda you know - Ubuntu Linux wins again - even from the command line!!!.

Rangerw · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

Good deal! I now know who to message for details when I brick mine and I will.
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romeo5k · EVDO Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 9

i just bricked mine and im a noob atl inux alli have is xp computers around me..anyone who wants to take timeout pls help me dearly
i just notcied... my power light isnt blinking tho.. its regular green and my router sees when i plug in my cat5 cable, the crap just isnt shooting out an ip or assigning an ip to itself.!!

HOLD ON..... my power light isnt blinking.. its steady on..a nd it lights up when i insert a network cable.. but when i do ipconfig relase and renew.. it cant renew.i tried going to tcpip settingand making it 192.168.1.1 and makeing PC192.168.1.10 and still no success..

syb0rz · Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

After seeing this I think I will try to play around with the WRT54G3G-AT and see if I can get the Sierra 881 working on openWRT. Thanks!